(Acoustic guitar intro, slow and steady like a highway heartbeat) Verse 1 The highway signs say "Welcome to Ohio" And my heart does that familiar little lift I see the red barns blending with the silos And the gray sky giving down its winter gift The snow is dusting over fields of cornstalks The hills of my county are frozen white I drive the grid of the old familiar sidewalks Looking for the ghosts of a Friday night Chorus 'Cause I’m homesick when I’m living in another place Yeah, I’m homesick when I’m standing on this floor I’m a stranger to the roads I used to chase And Ohio isn't home to me no more No, Ohio isn't home to me no more Verse 2 (Fiddle enters, low and lonesome) But the grocery store has changed its name and layout The porch lights on my childhood street are dim The fire of the old life has gone out And the edges of this town are looking grim I spent eleven hours driving down the interstate Just because I missed the way the evening shadow falls Chorus And now I’m homesick when I’m living in another place Yeah, I’m homesick when I’m standing on this floor I’m a stranger to the roads I used to chase And Ohio isn't home to me no more Bridge (Music swells, building with a pedal steel guitar) Now I'm standing here, just looking around Crushed under the heavy weight Of a thousand empty, unfamiliar walls I guess I got back just a little too late Guitar Solo / Fiddle Interlude Chorus (Stripped back at first, then full band kicks in) 'Cause I’m homesick when I’m living in another place Yeah, I’m homesick when I’m standing on this floor I’m a stranger to the roads I used to chase And Ohio isn't home to me no more Outro (Music slows down to just the acoustic guitar) Eleven hours on the interstate... Just to find an open door... But Ohio isn't home... No, it ain't home to me no more. (Final fading guitar strum)
